Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has pledged to introduce stricter gun laws after a shooting that left eight people dead and twenty‑two injured.
Speaking aft the attack, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said helium plans to present laws that restrict the carrying of firearms successful public, with the caller authorities lone allowing authorities officials connected work to transportation guns.
The 14‑year‑old killed his grandparents at the residence they shared, then travelled to Debsirin School in Nonthaburi, where he was a student. There he killed five teachers before taking his own life. Later Thai media reported that a pupil had also died from their injuries.
Police Colonel Thadsakorn Konthong said that the weapon and bullets utilized successful the onslaught belonged to the teen's grandfather, with an archetypal inspection uncovering signs that the firearm had been searched for wrong the grandfather's bedroom. International and local media have reported that the weapon was legally registered and held a permit.
Thailand has one of the highest rates of civilian firearm ownership in Southeast Asia, with roughly 10.3 million guns in civilian possession, about 4 million of which are believed to be owned illegally. The state enforces strict gun laws that punish illegal possession with up to ten years in jail, though implementation has been problematic.
During his tenure as interior minister, Anutin introduced a series of gun‑control measures, including a temporary ban on new licences and import restrictions.
Speaking connected Friday, the premier curate said the calamity "shouldn't person happened".
"I don't conscionable consciousness atrocious for the victims but I consciousness atrocious that this happened. How tin this hap successful our country," Anutin added.
The teen is believed to have shot his 73‑year‑old grandfather and 74‑year‑old grandmother at their two‑storey house at about 05:00 local time on Friday (22:00 GMT on Thursday). Each victim was struck by a single round to the head, according to a Thai police official.
After killing his grandparents, the teen boarded a school bus carrying the firearm and dozens of bullets, as reported by Reuters. He attended his first class at 08:30 and his second at 09:20.
Around half an hour into his second class, he drew the weapon and began shooting. He is believed to have first fired on teachers located on the school’s sixth floor, killing three of them.
"He past walked down the stairs and encountered the school's lawman manager and the director's secretary, who were going up the stairs to cheque connected the situation," Police Major General Dejrapee Kongdee told Reuters.
""The attacker changeable and killed some of them connected the staircase.""
Police were deployed while the shooting was ongoing. They recovered the attacker, who had shot himself, at approximately 10:40, Dejrapee said. Five individuals were killed instantly and at least 23 were wounded. Subsequently, Thailand’s national broadcaster and the Bangkok Post reported that an eighth victim had died.
National police chief Gen Kittiratt Phanphet told reporters that forensic officers determined the attacker’s shots were quite accurate, with several hitting vital areas of the body.
The premier curate said the onslaught was "well prepared" with "clear steps and wide goals".
According to local media, police examined devices belonging to the teen and recovered multiple videos relating to school shootings in the United States.
The teen has been described as quiet and well‑behaved by family members in local press. His uncle told Thai media that the youth spent much of his time indoors playing violent video games and rarely went outside, adding that there was no indication he was planning the attack.
The attacker had lived with his grandparents because his parents were divorced.
Debsirin School, founded in Bangkok in 1885, is one of Thailand’s leading secondary schools with campuses nationwide. Its alumni include numerous prominent
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